Bomb Scare Grounds Airliner

Thursday, May 27, 2004

NASHVILLE, Tenn. "” An American Airlines (search) jet flying between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Boston was diverted to Nashville Thursday after a flight attendant found a note in one of the bathrooms saying there was a bomb in the cargo hold.



"They're currently looking at a suspicious package," Ronald Roberts, a spokesman for Nashville International Airport (search), said Thursday evening. He did not know where the package was found.

There were no explosions and the 129 passengers on Flight 306 were safely deplaned and taken by bus to the nearby terminal, where they were being rescreened by the Transportation Security Administration and FBI.

The MD-80 was parked on the tarmac near the Tennessee National Guard (search) airfield where Air Force One awaited President Bush's arrival after a speech and fund raiser in Nashville.

"It's just a coincidence," said Homeland Security spokesman Dennis Murphy.

The plane left Dallas/Ft. Worth at 1:46 p.m. CDT and landed in Nashville shortly after 3:30, according to American Airlines spokesman Tim Wagner. It was a full flight carrying two pilots and three flight attendants.

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